HRIC Daily Brief

Chinese court says prominent rights lawyer Xie Yang admits to crimes Agence-France Presse, May 8, 2017 https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/0...

China to further tighten its Internet controls Reuters, May 7, 2017 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idUSKBN1830AG Chi...

On campuses far from China, still under Beijing’s watchful eye 即使留學美國，也逃不脫中國政府監視的眼睛 The New York Times, May 5, 2017 EN: https://cn.nyti...

联合国人权官员：访华期间被跟踪 会见对象遭恐吓 (UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights states in his report that he was followed during visit to...

英媒：中国羞辱穆斯林的手法千奇百怪 (British media: China’s weird ways to insult Muslims) British Broadcasting Corporation, May 5, 2017 http://www.bbc.com...

香港法院审理九名社运人士被控“非法集结”案件 (Hong Kong court handles “illegal assembly” charges against nine activists) Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2017 http://w...

Beijing’s dilemma: What to do next with an ungrateful Special Administrative Region Hong Kong Free Press, May 7, 2017 https://www.hongko...

中国百名律师联署促释放人权律师及家人 (One hundred lawyers jointly petition for release of rights defense lawyer and his family) Voice of America, May 4, 201...

Pollution solution? Beijing gov’t investigates fog cannon aimed at air quality monitor Hong Kong Free Press, May 5, 2017 https://www.hon...

Why the Communist Party has created a new bureau for Xinjiang South China Morning Post, May 5, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/polic...

Hong Kong lawyers head urges Beijing to listen and not rush Basic Law interpretation South China Morning Post, May 5, 2017 http://www.sc...

Xi Jinping’s web of laws China Media Project, May 3, 2017 http://cmp.hku.hk/2017/05/03/xi-jinpings-web-laws/ 美國應為香港民主發聲 (Stand up for ...

Breaking: Lawyer Chen Jiangang, with family and two friends, seized by armed police in Yunnan China Change, May 3, 2017 https://chinacha...

New regulations consolidate control over online news China Digital Times, May 3, 2017 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/05/updated-regul...

Owners’ angry protests show why Beijing must tip toe in curbing the property market South China Morning Post, May 4, 2017 http://www.scmp...

Where are all the ordinary people in China's hit anti-corruption show “In the Name of the People”? Global Voices, May 3, 2017 https...

Xi Jinping must calm “hearts and minds” of Hong Kong, says Patten The Guardian, May 4, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/0...

Stand up for democracy in Hong Kong The New York Times, May 3, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/opinion/stand-up-for-democracy-in...

北京维权人士倪玉兰夫妇再被赶出派出所 声明“绝不自杀” (Beijing rights defender Ni Yulan and husband once again evicted from police station, declares “will never commi...

U.S. fake news feeds information-hungry audience in China 美国假新闻在中国社交平台泛滥 Financial Times, May 2, 2017 EN: https://www.ft.com/content/cc31...